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Southern Maine Health Care plans vaccine community forum
SMHC invites the community to ask questions about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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BIDDEFORD – Southern Maine Health Care will host a COVID-19 vaccine community forum on Wednesday, May 19, at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
Southern Maine Health Care will host a COVID-19 vaccine community forum on Wednesday, May 19, at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
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The forum will include a short presentation followed by questions and answers from Dr. Michael Albaum, chief medical officer, Dr. Michael Schmitz, emergency physician and Dr. Margy O’Hare, OB/GYN.
The forum is a chance for the community to ask questions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and receive answers in real-time from Southern Maine Health Care experts.
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The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog group that monitors the quality of U.S. health care, is out with its latest grades for hospital safety and Maine hospitals are again near the top of the class.
Nine of 16 evaluated hospitals in the state received an “A,” and Maine ranked No. 3 in the U.S. for the highest percentage of facilities receiving the top grade.
The A list comprises: Cary Medical Center, Caribou; Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston; Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington; Maine Medical Center, Portland; Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick; Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital, Presque Isle; Northern Light Inland Hospital, Waterville; Pen Bay Medical Center, Rockport; and Southern Maine Healthcare, Biddeford.
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Volunteers welcome and needed at Sanford vaccine clinic, organizers say
Here s what I observed when I volunteered for a few hours last week, along with some perspective from others. It s fun, positive, and I ll do it again.
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Volunteers are needed at the mass vaccine clinic operated by MaineHealth and York County government at the Center for Shopping in Sanford, and a link to sign up is in the accompanying column. Here, Wells Police Chief Jo-Ann Putnam, volunteering at the site, chats with Elizabeth Martin of Berwick, who stopped by for her vaccine jab.
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